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readingpicnic's review
3.0
My favorite lines: “Do you know how many hours I’ve wasted watching straight boys play video games? Enough.” Highly relatable.
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, Death of parent, and War
kain47's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
ckingcolorado's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Racism, Car accident, and War
Minor: Sexual content
emotionalbabe's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and War
Moderate: Gun violence
tsukk's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Racism, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
butlerebecca's review
4.5
Poems I liked
- Beautiful Short Loser
- Dear Sara
- American Legend
- The Last Dinosaur
- Not Even
- Nothing
- No One Knows the Way to Heaven
- Almost Human
- Dear Rose
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and War
ukponge's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicide
nineinchnails's review against another edition
3.5
'Künstlerroman' was my favourite here. if i'm remembering correctly it was the longest poem, which might be why i managed to connect to it more. it was gutting and felt very raw. a shorter poem i really enjoyed was 'Amazon History of a Former Nail Salon Worker'. i don't think i've ever had a list poem make me tear up like that. vuong is no doubt a talented poet but i think the formatting and structure of most of these poems just didn't work for me - that's not to say that they'll never work for me, but as it stands i don't read much poetry so i much preferred the longer poems in this collection.
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Racism, Terminal illness, Car accident, and War
Minor: Suicide and Police brutality
softgalaxy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Xenophobia, and War
dozicasey's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, and War